• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2016

This paper is concerned with an experimental research to control of random vibration caused by external loads specially in cable-stayed bridges which tend to be structurally flexible. For the vibration control, we produced a model structure modelled on Seohae Grand Bridge, and we designed a shear type MR damper. On the center of its middle span, we placed a shear type MR damper which was to control its vibration and also acquire its structural responses such as displacement and acceleration at the same site. The experiments concerning controlling vibration were performed according to a variety of theories including un-control, passive on/off control, and clipped-optimal control. Its control performance was evaluated in terms of the absolute maximum displacements, RMS displacements, the absolute maximum accelerations, RMS accelerations, and the total power required to control the bridge which differ from each different experiment method. Among all the methods applied in this paper, clipped-optimal control method turned out to be the most effective to reduces of displacements, accelerations, and external power. Finally, It is proven that the clipped-optimal control method was effective and useful in the vibration control employing a semi-active devices such MR damper.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2009

A non-clipped semi-active stochastic optimal control strategy for nonlinear structural systems with MR dampers is developed based on the stochastic averaging method and stochastic dynamical programming principle. A nonlinear stochastic control structure is first modeled as a semi-actively controlled, stochastically excited and dissipated Hamiltonian system. The control force of an MR damper is separated into passive and semi-active parts. The passive control force components, coupled in structural mode space, are incorporated in the drift coefficients by directly using the stochastic averaging method. Then the stochastic dynamical programming principle is applied to establish a dynamical programming equation, from which the semi-active optimal control law is determined and implementable by MR dampers without clipping in terms of the Bingham model. Under the condition on the control performance function given in section 3, the expressions of nonlinear and linear non-clipped semi-active optimal control force components are obtained as well as the non-clipped semi-active LQG control force, and thus the value function and semi-active nonlinear optimal control force are actually existent according to the developed strategy. An example of the controlled stochastic hysteretic column is given to illustrate the application and effectiveness of the developed semi-active optimal control strategy.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.529-536
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• 2003

As large structures such as high-rise buildings and cable-stayed bridges become lighter and more flexible, the necessity of structural control for reducing excessive displacement and acceleration due to seismic excitation is increased. As a method to minimize seismic damages, various base isolation systems are adopted or considered for adoption. In this study, the seismic performance of MR dampers are studied and compared with that of the NZ system as a base isolation system. As the control algorithm of the MR damper, the clipped-optimal control(applied LQR method) is employed. A five-story building is modeled and the seismic performance of the two systems subjected to three different earthquakes is compared. The results show that the MR damper system can provide superior protection than the NZ system for a wide range of ground motions.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.85-94
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 구조적으로 유연한 특성을 갖는 교량 구조물을 대상으로 외력에 의해 발생되는 진동을 실시간으로 제어하고자 준능동형 실시간 피드백 진동제어시스템을 구성하고, 이를 실험적으로 평가하였다. 여기서 진동제어를 위한 대상 교량 구조물은 서해대교를 약 1/200 크기로 규모화 하여 설계/제작한 모형 교량 구조물을 사용하였고, 실험실 여건을 고려해 규모화 된 El-centro 지진파형으로 구조물을 가진하였다. 또한, 교량 상판 중앙지점에는 전자석이 채용된 전단형 MR 댐퍼를 수직방향으로 설치하여 발생된 진동을 제어하도록 하였고, 동시에 변위계 및 가속도계를 설치하여 구조물의 응답(변위, 가속도)을 획득하였다. 이때 진동제어의 실험은 크게 비-제어, 수동 on/off 제어, Lyapunov 안정론 기반 제어 그리고, Clipped-optimal 제어조건으로 구분하여 실시간 피드백 진동제어실험을 수행하였고, 이때 진동제어의 효과는 상판 중앙지점에 대하여 각 실험방법 별 절대최대변위와 절대최대가속도 그리고, 인가전원의 소모량 등을 성능지수를 이용해 정량적으로 평가하였다. 진동제어실험의 결과로부터, Lyapunov 제어 및 Clipped-optimal 제어방법 모두 구조물의 발생 변위 및 가속도를 효과적으로 감소시켰으며, 특히 진동제어 시 요구되는 외부 인가전원의 소비를 크게 감소시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다. 최종적으로, 본 논문에서 구성한 준능동형 실시간 피드백 진동제어시스템은 교량 구조물에 발생된 진동을 제어 관리하기 위한 적극 효율적인 방법으로 활용될 가능성이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2002년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.459-466
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• 2002

In this study magneto-rheological damper, a kind of semi-active device, is used to reduce the response of pier and girder of bridge structure subjected to seismic excitation and as a effective semi-active control method fuzzy control technique considering nonlinear behavior of the damper dynamics. By Numerical simulations of a nine span continuous bridge system subjected to various earthquakes, fuzzy control technique is compared with existing clipped optimal control technique in control performance which reduces displacement of pier and girder simultaneously. In the comparison of the control performance within a control force limit, it is confirmed that presented fuzzy control technique more efficiently reduce the pier and girder displacement than clipped optimal control technique based on optimal control theory.

• International Journal of Safety
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2011

Seismic response control method of the bridge structures with semi-active control device, i.e., magneto-rheological (MR) damper, is studied in this paper. Design of various kinds of clipped optimal controller and fuzzy controller are suggested as a semi-active control algorithm. For determining the control force of MR damper, clipped optimal control method adopts bi-state approach, but the fuzzy control method continuously quantifies input currents through fuzzy inference mechanism to finely modulate the damper force. To investigate the performances of the suggested control techniques, numerical simulations of a multi-span continuous bridge system subjected to various earthquakes are performed, and their performances are compared with each other. From the comparison of results, it is shown that the fuzzy control system can provide well-balanced control force between girder and pier in the view point of structural safety and stability and be quite effective in reducing both girder and pier displacements over the existing control method.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2013

A multi-input single-output (MISO) semi-active control systems were studied by many researchers. For more improved vibration control performance, a structure requires more than one control device. In this paper, multi-input multi-output (MIMO) semi-active fuzzy controller has been proposed for vibration control of seismically excited small-scale buildings. The MIMO fuzzy controller was optimized by multi-objective genetic algorithm. For numerical simulation, five-story example building structure is used and two MR dampers are employed. For comparison purpose, a clipped-optimal control strategy based on acceleration feedback is employed for controlling MR dampers to reduce structural responses due to seismic loads. Numerical simulation results show that the MIMO fuzzy control algorithm can provide superior control performance to the clipped-optimal control algorithm.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2005년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.544-551
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• 2005

This paper investigates the effectiveness of the MR damper-based control systems for seismic protection of base isolated building sturcutres employing some semiactive control algorithms, such as the modified clipped-optimal control, the maximum energy dissipation, and the modulated homogeneous friction, by examining the Phase I smart base isolated benchmark building problem. The results of the numerical simulations showed that most of the control systems considered herein could be beneficial in reducing seismic responses, especially base displacement or isolator deformation, of base isolated building structures. It is also verified that another version of the modified clipped-optimal control algorithm proposed in this study and the modulated homogeneous friction algorithm are more effective than other semiactive control algorithms.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.729-737
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• 2014

비대칭 사장교에 지진으로 인한 진동을 MR(Magneto-rheological) 댐퍼를 이용하여 효과적으로 제어하는 연구를 수행하였다. MR 댐퍼의 실용적인 사용성을 높이기 위하여 비대칭 사장교 구조물을 설계/제작하고, 이 교량구조물을 적정하게 제어할 수 있도록 MR 댐퍼를 제작하였다. El-centro 지진파로 비대칭 사장교를 수평방향으로 가진하여 수직방향과 수평방향의 진동을 제어하는 실험을 하였다. 각 방향의 진동제어 실험에 5가지의 제어 조건으로 MR 댐퍼의 제어성능을 평가 하였다. 실험결과 MR 댐퍼는 지진진동으로 인한 비대징사장교를 진동제어 하기 위하여 Lyapunov Control 알고리즘과 Clipped-optimal control 알고리즘을 이용하여 제어를 할 경우, 보다 효과적으로 진동을 제어하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 구조물의 비대칭성과 수평 가진으로 인하여 수직 및 수평 방향의 진동제어가 서로 다른 제어효과를 보였다. 이와 같은 제어효과는 비대칭 사장교와 같은 유연하며 비대칭인 구조물에 준능동의 MR 댐퍼가 효과적으로 지진진동을 제어하는 것으로 평가되었다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 미국토목학회(ASCE)의 사장교에 대한 첫번째 벤치마크 문제를 이용하여 제어-구조물 상호작용을 고려한 새로운 반능동제어 기법을 제안하였다. 이 벤치마크 문제에서는 2003년 완공 예정으로 미국 Missouri주에 건설 중인 Cape Girardeau 교를 대상 구조물로 고려하였다. Cape Girardeau 교는 New Madrid 지진구역에 위치하고, Mississippi 강을 횡단하는 주요 교량이라는 점 때문에 설계단계에서부터 내진 문제를 중요하게 고려하였다. 본 연구에서는 MR 유체 감쇠기를 제어 장치로 제안하였고, clipped-optimal 알고리듬을 제어 알고리듬으로 사용하였다. 또한, 대용량 MR 유체 감쇠기 실험 결과를 이용하여, Bingham 모델, Bouc-Wen 모델, 수정된 Bouc-HWen 모델과 같이 수치해석에 이용할 수 있는 다양한 동적 모델을 개발하였다. MR 유체 감쇠기는 제어가능한 에너지 소산장치이며 구조물에 에너지를 가하지 않기 때문에 제안된 제어기법은 한정입출력 안정성이 보장된다. 수치해석을 통해, MR 유체 감쇠기를 이용한 반능동제어 기법이 사장교의 응답 감소에 효과적인 방법임을 증명하였다.